Japanese strike leaders arrested in Hawaii turmoil
Fifteen leaders linked to a sugar industry strike were indicted and eighteen others arraigned in Honolulu. A district court held twelve for trial on riot conspiracy charges and three for conspiracy to murder. Evidence included raids on Jiji newspaper offices and the Japanese Higher Wage Association. Senichi Ugno urged calm while supporting the arrests.
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Honolulu
Grand Jury
W. L. Whitney
Hawaiian Islands
Jiji
Japanese Higher Wage Association
Senichi Ugeno
Mutineers to be Made Example Of by Constabulary
Brigadier General Bandholtz leading a pursuit to Davao Mindanao to capture mutineers who fled to the mountains with rifles after the June 6 mutiny. Taft will address a national conference in January to push uniform state laws on key reforms. Inland Empire farmers rapidly free themselves from grain companies via the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union, now about 420000 members.
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Manila
Bandholtz
Philippine Constabulary
Jolo
Davao
Mindano Island
Company of Constabulary
Washington
Taft
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
John Hays Hammond
J. W. Jenks
R. M. Hasterley
Lewiston
Idaho
Inland Empire
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Spain Presses Cuba Over Shared Debt Claim
Paris dispatch notes the Spanish minister to Cuba presented a note to the Cuban government demanding payment of a portion of the Spanish debt. It cites that the 1899 American plenipotentiary in Paris refused to decide the issue, asserting suzerainty lay with the Cuban republic, not the United States. Spain now presses the claim as Cuba asserts sovereignty.
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Paris
Cuba
United States
Independent steamers cut freight charges between Portland and Lewiston
Lewiston Idaho June 14 operation of independent steamers between Portland and Lewiston has reduced freight charges by 26 percent and prompted railroads to adjust rates on several commodities.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Portland
Kansas Wheat Crop Estimated At 70 Million Bushels
Kansas farmers anticipate harvesting 70 million bushels of wheat this year based on an average estimate from men who rode the wheat special through the Kansas belt.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Wheat Belt
Smuggled Coolies and Silk Found on Minnesota Liner
Immigrant authorities on the wharf probe a Great Northern liner Minnesota and uncover nine smuggled coolies along with silk and cigars. Inspector Keagey falls 20 feet into a sail locker, landing atop nine naked Chinese men. Leather sacks like government mail pouches contain raw silk and Manila cigars. silk bags likely came aboard with the mail sacks. Separately, Rep Hamer of Idaho introduces a bill for immediate Western state selection of school lands within forest reserves to satisfy federal grants.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Minnesota
Keagey
Washington
Hamer
Idaho
French Representative and wife tour Pacific Coast
The French representative to the United States and his wife are touring the Pacific Coast and were extensively entertained at the A.Y.P. Exposition this week.
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United States
France
Pacific Coast
A.Y.P. Exposition
Lake forms over Roosevelt Idaho after slide and flood
In Spokane on June 14 a large lake will cover the valley where Roosevelt Idaho stood. Mule Creek joins Monu mental Creek and the massive slide of talc earth and timber washed away buildings on May 31. About 15 to 20 feet of water now covers the old town site.
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Spokane
Wash
Roosevelt
Idaho
Indian allotments to be issued allow Indians to transact business
Lewiston Idaho June 15 under new plans for governing Indian affairs Indians on the government reservations are being merged with white neighbors and when patent to Indian allotments is issued the allottee is expected to be able to transact his own business
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Lewiston
Idaho
Market Prices Across Oregon and Washington Goods
Oregon and Washington markets report prices for wheat including bluestem at 1.30 to 1.36 per unit, oats around 40 to 41, barley 34, hay values from Willamette Valley to Puget Sound with timothy at 21 to 23 per ton and alfalfa 14 to 19, butter around 18 to 26 cents, eggs 23 to 25 cents, wool 18 to 25 cents, mohair 24 to 25 cents, and potatoes at 38 to 42 per ton for White River and Yakima listed.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
Senate committee fixes duties on hides steel and glass
The Republican senate committee approves a Dingley era 15 percent duty on hides and keeps plate glass rates. Beam and structural steel under 18 a ton faces 3 8 of a cent, over 18 a ton 4 cents. boracic acid 3 cents per pound. barytes 1 50 a ton. ammonia unchanged. Art works over 20 years old stay free. Morgan art collection aided by free-list retention.
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Dingley
Washington
Senate Committee
McCumber
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Campaign to win rights for Egyptian women grows in Cairo
Cairo on June 13 reports that Mohamadan women including Kedivial family members have launched a campaign to gain a voice in marriage choices, end veiling, and control access to the harem. Conservative leaders show agitation and the native press treats the movement as of paramount importance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mystery steamer Nanti coke spurs government action at Edenton
In Edenton North Carolina on June 13 authorities note the steamer Nanti coke has appeared after a recent handover at Elizabeth City and the government suspects a filibustering expedition is forming. A revenue cutter is sent to monitor the situation and track the vessel.
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Edenton
N. C
Nanticoke
Elizabeth City
Tariff tensions rise as Canada urged to retaliate
Canada faces possible higher tariffs after the revised American duties. Ottawa authorities consider retaliation strategies as Payne tariff effects loom. Toronto hosts the International Council of Women meeting with over seven million women represented. In the US, Justice Department assigns agents to probe an alleged Sherman Act violation tied to a sugar and refinery cartel. Portland man survives a broken leg after four days incapacitated by intoxication.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Portland
Wm. Young
Hogs Hit Highest June Price in 27 Years
Chicago June 14 hog market reached a record for June with top hogs selling at 8.100 per 100 pounds, the highest since 1882.
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Chicago
Short News Notes From The Era Of Steam And Gold
Lumber production in 1908 fell 17.3 percent from 1907. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World allocates 750000 for a headquarters in Omaha. Sen Sen Chicle Company to absorb six large chewing gum makers in US and Canada in New York. Fredericksburg Iowa dynamite blast damages town injuring many. US railroads buy over 112 million cross ties for more than 56 million dollars. National American Women's Suffrage Association announces 41st annual convention in Seattle July 7. Edward Everett Hale, longtime senate chaplain and author, dies at 87 in Roxbury Massachusetts. Steamer Tanana arrives at Dawson with 500000 in gold dust. season totals reach 2000000 to Seattle. Two 1877 50 gold pieces sell for 10000 each to a New York collector. Interior Secretary Ballinger designates 27000 acres in New Mexico and 46000 in Montana under the 320 acre homestead law. Red Cross sends 5000 to Constantinople. total 20000 for Turkish relief. California Supreme Court grants rehearing in Louis Glass bribery case. Mullens sues Western Union to force incorporation or suspension in Wyoming. June 14 1777 marks 132nd anniversary of the adoption of the American flag. Anthony Meyer of Brooklyn sells oil well interest for 40000 and receives note of a Seattle brother’s Alaska wealth.
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Fredericksburg
Iowa
United States
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Seattle
Ballinger
New Mexico
Montana
Constatinople
American Red Cross Society
Turkey
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone Company
San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
Mullens
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wyoming
Idaho Land to Be Opened for Settlement in Lemhi Reservation
Washington reports about 64 000 acres of Lemhi Indian reservation in Idaho not in the school grant will be opened for settlement under the homestead law on July 15 and for entry and filing August 16. The school plat will be sold at public auction September 1, and lands with improvements will be subject to presence entry by purchasers of those improvements.
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Washington, D. C
Idaho
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Spain
Jean Jules Jusserand
Beef Trust
Toronto
International Council of Women
Department of Justice
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Refining Company
Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World
Omaha
Sen Sen Chicle Company
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Roxbury
Mass
Dawson
Fairbanks
Philadelphia
Congress
Anthony Meyer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alaska
Leavenworth
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Harrington
The
Leavenworth Mer. Co
Ad Brossel
Wernarenier Millingg
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A. Marley
F. S. Jacobsen
S. J. van DE Grift
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Beal Grains Milling T Co
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Best
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